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UEFA Champions League Final 2015: Cakir (TUR)

The UEFA Referees Committee has announced the referee for the 2015 UEFA Champions League final between Juventus and FC Barcelona, to be played at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on Saturday 6 June at 20:45. The match will be refereed by 38-year-old Turkish referee Cüneyt Çakir, who has been an international referee since 2006. In total, Çakir has officiated 70 UEFA matches in his refereeing career. This season, he has taken charge of four UEFA Champions League and three UEFA Europa League matches, including the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea FC (1-1) in France. At the final in Berlin, Cüneyt Çakir (photo) will be assisted by his countrymen Bahattin Duran and Tarik Ongun. The fourth official will be Jonas Eriksson from Sweden, and the two additional assistant referees, Hüseyin Göçek and Barış Şimşek, are also from Turkey. A Turkish reserve assistant referee – Mustafa Eyisoy – completes the refereeing team.